Sammy Cahn(1913-1993)
- Music Department
- Producer
- Actor
Award-winning songwriter ("All the Way" [Academy Award, 1957], "Three
Coins in the Fountain" [Academy Award, 1954], "Love and Marriage" [Emmy
Award, 1955], "High Hopes" [Academy Award, 1959], "Call Me
Irresponsible" [Academy Award, 1963]), composer, author and publisher,
educated at Seward Park High School in New York.
He was a violinist in vaudeville orchestras, and organized a dance band
wih Saul Chaplin. He wrote the night club scores for "Connie's Hot
Chocolates of 1936", "New Grand Terrace Review", and "Cotton Club
Parade" (1939).
Arriving in Hollywood in 1940, he wrote many title and theme songs
along with film scores and incidental music. His Broadway stage scores
include "High Button Shoes", "Two's Company", "Skyscraper", and music
for the marionette show "Les Poupees de Paris". He joined ASCAP in
1936, and his chief musical collaboraors included Saul Chaplin, Jule
Styne, and James Van Heusen. He became a musical publisher in 1955.
His other song compositions include "If I Had Rhythm in My Nursery
Rhymes", "Rhythm Is Our Business", "Shoe Shine Boy", "Until the Real
Thing Comes Along", "Dedicated to You", "If It's the Last Thing I Do",
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon", "Posin'", "Please Be Kind", "Joseph, Joseph",
"I've Heard That Song Before", "Victory Polka", "I'll Walk Alone",
"Saturday Night is The Loneliest Night in the Week", "Poor Little Rhode
Island" (the official state song), "The Charm of You", "I Fall in Love
Too Easily", "What Makes the Sunset", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to
Dry", "It's Been a Long, Long Time", "Day By Day", "Let It Snow, Let It
Snow, Let It Snow", "I Should Care", "I'm Glad I Waited For You", "The
Things We Did Last Summer", "Five Minutes More", "Time After Time",
"Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?", "You're My Girl", "I Still Get
Jealous", "It's Magic", "Be My Love", "Because You're Mine", "Teach Me
Tonight", "The 86th! The 86th!" (official song of the US Army 86th
Infantry Regiment), "The Impatient Years", "Look to Your Heart", "I'll
Never Stop Loving You", "Hey, Jealous Lover", "The Second Time Around",
"September of My Years", "My Kind of Town", "I Like to Lead When I
Dance", "Love Is a Bore", "Everybody Has a Right to Be Wrong", "I'll
Only Miss Her When I Think of Her", and the film title songs for "The
Tender Trap", "It's A Woman's World", "The Long Hot Summer",
"Indiscreet", "Pocketful of Miracles", "Come Blow Your Horn", "The Best
of Everything", and "Where Love Has Gone".
Coins in the Fountain" [Academy Award, 1954], "Love and Marriage" [Emmy
Award, 1955], "High Hopes" [Academy Award, 1959], "Call Me
Irresponsible" [Academy Award, 1963]), composer, author and publisher,
educated at Seward Park High School in New York.
He was a violinist in vaudeville orchestras, and organized a dance band
wih Saul Chaplin. He wrote the night club scores for "Connie's Hot
Chocolates of 1936", "New Grand Terrace Review", and "Cotton Club
Parade" (1939).
Arriving in Hollywood in 1940, he wrote many title and theme songs
along with film scores and incidental music. His Broadway stage scores
include "High Button Shoes", "Two's Company", "Skyscraper", and music
for the marionette show "Les Poupees de Paris". He joined ASCAP in
1936, and his chief musical collaboraors included Saul Chaplin, Jule
Styne, and James Van Heusen. He became a musical publisher in 1955.
His other song compositions include "If I Had Rhythm in My Nursery
Rhymes", "Rhythm Is Our Business", "Shoe Shine Boy", "Until the Real
Thing Comes Along", "Dedicated to You", "If It's the Last Thing I Do",
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon", "Posin'", "Please Be Kind", "Joseph, Joseph",
"I've Heard That Song Before", "Victory Polka", "I'll Walk Alone",
"Saturday Night is The Loneliest Night in the Week", "Poor Little Rhode
Island" (the official state song), "The Charm of You", "I Fall in Love
Too Easily", "What Makes the Sunset", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to
Dry", "It's Been a Long, Long Time", "Day By Day", "Let It Snow, Let It
Snow, Let It Snow", "I Should Care", "I'm Glad I Waited For You", "The
Things We Did Last Summer", "Five Minutes More", "Time After Time",
"Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?", "You're My Girl", "I Still Get
Jealous", "It's Magic", "Be My Love", "Because You're Mine", "Teach Me
Tonight", "The 86th! The 86th!" (official song of the US Army 86th
Infantry Regiment), "The Impatient Years", "Look to Your Heart", "I'll
Never Stop Loving You", "Hey, Jealous Lover", "The Second Time Around",
"September of My Years", "My Kind of Town", "I Like to Lead When I
Dance", "Love Is a Bore", "Everybody Has a Right to Be Wrong", "I'll
Only Miss Her When I Think of Her", and the film title songs for "The
Tender Trap", "It's A Woman's World", "The Long Hot Summer",
"Indiscreet", "Pocketful of Miracles", "Come Blow Your Horn", "The Best
of Everything", and "Where Love Has Gone".